They presumably chose Tingle as the character to replace Balloon Fighter because in The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask for the Nintendo 64, the player character Link would find Tingle dangling from balloons. Using the Hero's bow or Deku Link's magic shot, the player could shoot the balloons to pop them, thus sending Tingle plummeting down to Earth. After that Tingle would sell Link maps to the various locations in Termina.